Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain based in

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founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of

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, and

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. It is Mexico's largest privately held supermarket chain. For years, 49% of the chain was owned by American supermarket chain

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, which later went to Albertsons Companies, Inc. after it acquired Safeway in 2015. In 2018, Albertsons divested its 49% share to Tenedora CL del Noroeste, ending the company's international operations.

History

The company originally started as a small village shop in the mining town of

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, where Ley offered his goods to the gold and silver miners of the San Luis Mining Company. In 1948, a theft by a close friend and colleague forced Ley to eventually close his shop and leave the town, in search of a new location. The family moved to

, and in September 1954 the company Casa Ley was born.

Formats

Ley

Casa Ley's flagship format conceptualized as a

hypermarket A hypermarket or superstore is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including full grocery lines and general merchandise. In ...

with 3,500 to 11,000 square meters of sales floor, whose sales system is retail, which handles a wide assortment in the grocery, perishable food, prepared food, and selection of general merchandise and clothing. As a hybrid format between a hypermarket and a self-service warehouse, its main competitors are: *

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, under its formats:

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and

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stores in their formats: Soriana Híper, MEGA Soriana, Soriana Híper Plus and Soriana Mercado *

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in its formats: Chedraui and Super Che * Grupo La Comer, in their format La Comer *Grupo Futurama, in their format Alsúper Plus * H-E-B Mexico, in its formats:

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and Mi Tienda del Ahorro

Súper Ley

They are supermarkets created with the objective of offering consumers quick purchases as well as quality and freshness in their departments within a sales floor of between 1,000 and 3,500 square meters, through which they offer daily consumption products such as groceries, perishable foods and prepared food. As a general supermarket, your competitors are: *Walmart de México y Centroamérica, under the format: Walmart Express (formerly Superama) *Soriana stores in their format: Soriana Super *Chedraui in their formats: Super Chedraui *Grupo Futurama, in their format Alsúper *Fresh Market Ley *Ley Express *Súper Ley Express *Súper Ley Express Fresh *Ley Mayoreo *Súper Mayoreo Ley File:Leystore.jpg, Ley Store File:LeyLaJabonera.jpg, Another Ley Store File:LeyCheckout.jpg, Checkout lane File:LeyProduce.jpg, Produce area

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* {{varietyStores Mexican companies established in 1954 Retail companies established in 1954 Safeway Inc. Supermarkets of Mexico Variety stores